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(Lt. To Rt.) Vanessa Vargas (CQ), 4, of Commerce City, sister Melyssa Vargas (CQ), 6, and mother Joann Vargas (CQ), 37, look through school photos after school Friday April 7, 2006. Vargas, a Texas native, is a mother of 8, and had her first child when she was 16. She dropped out after 10th grade, but all of her kids so far have graduated high school. Chris Barge's story refers to the fact that 51% of children born in denver are born to mexican women and most of them were born in mexico. please note that vargas was born in texas.(MARIA J. AVILA/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) (ACCENT ON FIRST A IN AVILA) Joann Vargas (CQ), Vanessa Vargas (CQ), Melyssa Vargas (CQ)

(Lt. To Rt.) Vanessa Vargas (CQ), 4, of Commerce City, sister Melyssa Vargas (CQ), 6, and mother Joann Vargas (CQ), 37, look through school photos after school Friday April 7, 2006. Vargas, a Texas native, is a mother of 8, and had her first child when she was 16. She dropped out after 10th grade, but all of her kids so far have graduated high school. Chris Barge's story refers to the fact that 51% of children born in denver are born to mexican women and most of them were born in mexico. please note that vargas was born in texas.(MARIA J. AVILA/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) (ACCENT ON FIRST A IN AVILA) Joann Vargas (CQ), Vanessa Vargas (CQ), Melyssa Vargas (CQ)

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Joann Vargas, 37, a U.S.-born mother of eight children, including Vanessa, 4, left, and Melyssa, 6, is a manager at a Montbello Wendy's, where all of her employees, some of whom are young mothers, were born in Mexico and speak only Spanish.

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MJA;(Lt. To Rt.) Vanessa Vargas (CQ), 4, of Commerce City, sister Melyssa Vargas (CQ), 6, and mother Joann Vargas (CQ), 37, look through school photos after school Friday April 7, 2006. Vargas, a Texas native, is a mother of 8, and had her first child when she was 16. She dropped out after 10th grade, but all of her kids so far have graduated high school. (MARIA J. AVILA/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) (ACCENT ON FIRST A IN AVILA) Joann Vargas (CQ), Vanessa Vargas (CQ), Melyssa Vargas (CQ)

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2006-04-07 17:50:37

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2006:04:07 14:49:22

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